A Colorado woman found dead in her home was a caring mother who was known for helping others in need, friends say. Police arrived at a home off of S. Coors Circle in Lakewood on December 29, after a call about a missing person. Friends of Hillary Engel were at the home when authorities arrived …
A 62-year-old Methodist pastor was shot and killed in East Texas Sunday morning when he confronted a fugitive hiding in his church after a police chase, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said at an evening news conference. Mark Allen McWilliams was armed when he found 21-year-old Mytrez Deunte Woolen in the Starrville Methodist Church bathroom …
A 15-year-old Texas boy has been charged with beating his mother to death, CBS DFW reports. McKinney police say they were called to the home at around 1 a.m. by the boy’s father and found the mother, 50-year-old Stacy Ellen Barney, dead. The boy, who has not been identified, had fled the home and was …
A fugitive hiding in an East Texas church disarmed an armed pastor Sunday morning and shot and killed him before fleeing in the pastor’s car, the Dallas Morning News reports. Another person in the church was wounded in the shooting and a third was injured in a fall, police said. None of the victims nor …
Two Colorado police officers were injured Friday when a man who threatened to harm law enforcement opened fire, the Pueblo Chieftain reports. The two officers – Sgt. Josh Rude and Deputy Nicolas Berumen of the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office – were shot during an hour-long stand-off with 48-year-old Eddie Lovins at his home in Pueblo West. Police …
A New Year’s Day tragedy left two young Ohio sisters and their father dead in an apparent murder-suicide, Columbus police report. Police said a call about a domestic dispute brought them to an apartment on the west side of Columbus shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday, but when they arrived they were directed to another nearby …
Stephanie Plumb’s two daughters were wounded in the attack, which police say came from her boyfriend.
A West Virginia man has been charged with murder in the death of his parents, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office reports. Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford told WVMetroNews that investigators were trying to determine if an ax found at the scene was the murder weapon. Tsukasa and Claudette Kambara apparently died from multiple lacerations, the …
Michigan authorities are asking the public for assistance in locating a man wanted on felony child abuse and murder charges. MLive reports that Kalamazoo police are looking for Latravion Heard McMillon. Investigators said that McMillion was in a relationship with 6-year-old Jaylen Worthington’s mother. Jaylen was first admitted to Bronson Hospital on December 14. Family …
The suspect in the murder of a Colorado woman found dead in a Denver suburb was arrested more than half the state away the day after Lakewood police officers found the body, according to police. Police were called to a home in Lakewood’s Green Mountain neighborhood at about 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday on a report …
New Jersey prosecutors have charged a soldier and a teen boy with murder and kidnapping in the death of Fort Drum soldier Cpl Hayden Harris, whose body was found shot to death in a remote area in the northern part of the state on December 19, WWNY reported. Cpl Hayden Harris, 20, reportedly left the …
A Texas woman who was convicted of fatally stabbing her husband in 2003 was freed from prison Wednesday after serving 16 years of a 20-year sentence The Houston Chronicle reported that Susan Wright, 44, left the Dr. Lane Murray Unit in Gatesville, where she served part of her sentence. She requested privacy from reporters upon …
